Improvement in vessels for paints, oils, varnishes



V n. mANsuRE, .lr. Vessels for Paints, Oils, varnishes, m.

Pzitentedlune24, 1873.

Fla 4 U ITED STATES PATENT ROBERT MAN SURE, JR, PHILADELBHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGXOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO GEORGE BATES, OF SAME PLACE. 1

IMPROVEMENT IN VESSELS FOR PAlNTS, OILS, VARNISHES &c.

Specificationforming part of Letters Patent No. H40,14 8, dated June 24, 1873 application filed December 5, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Jr., of the city and county of Philadelphia and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented a' certain Improvement in Case for Holding Paints, Oils varnishes, &c.-, of which the following is a specification:

This invention is intended as a-cbeap sub; stitute for -the more expensive tin can, in which paints, oils, and varnishes are placed and sealed for transportation. Itconsists in employing heavy paper or pasteboard for formin g the-cylindrical portion or sides of the case, andwood for inclosing the ends of the same, with a lining of tin-foil to prevent the materials saturating the paper-or. wood.

Figure 1 is a. perspective view of my im provement in case for holding paints with a portion of the side broken away to show the layers of pasteboard and tin-foil. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the case adapted for bold- .ing oils or varnishes. with a portion of the sidebrokeu away similar to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is' a sectional viewmagnified of the upper and" lower portion of the cast. Figs. 4, 5, 6, and

7, are views showing "the case in various states in the course of construction.

In construe-tinge. case of a cylindrical shape, a suitable block or. form is selected, around which a strip of tin-foil, A, is passed, after which the lower portion of the block is also covered with tin-foil A, as shown in Fig. 4. A coating consisting of a mixture ofwhite lead, brown, oil, varnish, japan, and turpentine is then spread over the outside of the foil, and before it becomes dry a strip of light pasteboard or heavybrown paper, 13, Fig. 5, is passed around it, so that it adheres closely to the leaf of metal when the composition becomes dry. A strip of pasteboard or heavy paper, 0, Fig. 6, of an increased width and length, is now prepared with a coating of the mixture above described, and coiled twice or more around the pasteboard. B, the composition causing the layers to adhere closely and form a compactmass when thoroughly dry.

Thestrip 0 being cut, as stated, of a greater width than strip B, projects a short distance over its lower end, and forms a circular recess, in which the lower end or bottom of the case is placed and secured. This is accoming edge of the strip 0, as shown at E, Fig.

The circular wooden piece F is then inserted in the recess and embedded firmly in the cement, thus forming a. perfectly-tight joint, after which a hoop, G, made of wood, is placed around the case and secured by nails driven through it into the edge of the bottom piece F. The upper edge of the tin-foil lining is turned over the edges of the pasteboard, and is extended under a, hoop, G. The lid H is chamfered around the edge to form a channel for cement, as shown at Fig. 3, and when placed within the case is held by means of nails driven through the hoop G. In sealing the case the cement is placed in the channel and completely closes the joint around the edges of the lid. The case, as shown at Fig. 2, is closed at both ends, and is adapted for holding oils or varnishes, the construction being otherwise similar to Fig; l.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is- Acase for holding paints, oils, varnishes,

&c., the sides of which'are composed of coils of light pasteboard or heavy. paper B and C, cemented together and lined with tin-foil A, in combination with the wooden lid or cover F, and bottom piece H, lined with paper 1)- FF-IOE. 

